September 29, 2009

We Want Your Healthcare Stories

Posted by Jamilah King at 10:33AM

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It's that time again. This Thursday, YO! Youth Outlook and WireTap will kick off another week-long youth media blog-a-thon. This month's topic is healthcare (shocker!), and we're looking for our readers to participate.

How do you contribute? It's easy. Send us your personal story, commentary or analysis on the healthcare debate, and we'll pass it around to our networks to spark some lively discussion.

Not interested in writing? That's cool, too. But stay tuned and please feel free to comment: Challenge or echo sentiments on the blogs you read.

Check out these questions to help get you started:

In the highly publicized speech in which he outlined his administration's healthcare agenda, President Barack Obama made a point of saying that a public option would not benefit undocumented people. Do you agree? Disagree? Prove it to us and tell us your story.

Let's face it: the only thing that sucks more than being sick is knowing that there's something out there that could possibly make you better, but you can't afford it. Do you know someone -- or are you someone -- who has suffered because you can't afford healthcare? Tell us your story.

Why is healthcare important to you? Record a vlog telling President Obama and our local politicians why healthcare matters to young folks.

What do you (or members of your family) do when you are injured or ill?

How do you pay for visits to the doctor? Are you (or your parents) in debt from medical bills?

Do you support Obama in saying that he will "...provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance... and lower the cost of healthcare for our families..." Why or why not?

How will you receive coverage once you don't qualify under your parents' healthcare?

Media reports suggest young people aren't active in the healthcare reformation. How do feel about that? Do you think it's true? Tell us why.

Interested? Email me at jamilah@wiretapmag.org.